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ROSE BY 1.4 PER CENT IN NOVEMBER; OVER
LOANS TO FINANCE VISIBLE TRADE OF HONG KONG CENT IN DECEMBER AFTER AN INCREASE OF 1 PËR THE YEAR THESE LOANS GREW BY 24.7 PER CENT.
CENT IN OVER
KONG ROSE BY 1.7 PER OTHER LOANS FOR USE IN HONG DECEMBER, AFTER A DECLINE OF 0.2 PER CENT IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH. THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 30.3 PER CENT.
HONG KONG GREW BY 8. 3 PER
LOANS FOR USE OUTSIDE DECEMBER AND BY 94.5 PER CENT OVER THE YEAR.
QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES SECTOR
CENT IN
FOR USE IN HONG KONG BY
EXTENDED LOANS AND ADVANCES IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1987,
AN INCREASE THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ROSE BY 6.4 PER CENT, AFTER 4.8 PER CENT IN THE THIRD QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW 18.7 PER CENT.
TO
OF
BY
PER LOANS TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES INCREASED BY 10.5
PER CENT IN CENT THIS QUARTER, FOLLOWING A SIMILAR INCREASE OF 10.3 THE PRECEDING QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 29 PER CENT.
BUILDING AND
THE GROWTH IN LOANS TO THE SLOWED DOWN TO 3.5 PER CENT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, IN THE THIRD QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, PER CENT.
THESE
LOANS
CONSTRUCTION SECTOR
FROM 6.6 INCREASED
PER CENT BY 14.2
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF
PER CENT (OTHER THAN FLATS IN THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME) GREW BY 5.7
INCREASE OF 5.9 PER CENT IN THE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, AFTER AN PREVIOUS QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THESE LOANS GREW BY 35 PER CENT.
THE FOURTH OF 49.3 PER
CONCERNS FINANCIAL
ΤΟ AND LOANS TO
STOCKBROKERS, HOWEVER, DROPPED BY 3.3 PER CENT AND 51.9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. IN QUARTER. OVER THE YEAR, THEY STILL RECORDED GROWTH RATES CENT AND 17.1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS
THE
NUMBER OF REPORTING LICENSED DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES
BANKS AND
REMAINED
RESPECTIVELY. THAT OF REPORTING DECREASED BY 4 TO 232.
UNCHANGED AT REGISTERED DEPOSIT-TAKING
154
LICENSED AND COMPANIES
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